wrap her up.

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Sister E called me the other night. She’d just gotten off the phone with this (sorry, sister, but it’s true!) HORRID COW of a woman who went on to tell E:  “Hey, I saw some of your pictures on Facebook and hasn’t anyone told you that jackets are totally out now? You should dress better in your line of business.” 
Okay. . . .
In her wisdom, E called me, knowing that I would know if such a thing was the current trend. 
No jackets? Uhh, no. And weird. 
That’s like saying black is out or cashmere is out, I mean NO ONE wears cashmere or black anymore, right? 
Wrong!
In celebration of these fabulous outfit finishers (and to prove HORRID COW wrong), I decided to wear a jacket to work every day this week and send E a pic as proof of the fabulousness.

Tuesday, jacket #1
 Wednesday, jacket #2
Thursday, jacket #3

Friday, jacket #4

So there.

New Years Wish – wanderlust

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“Get out the map, get out the map
and lay your finger anywhere down,
We’ll leave the figuring to those we pass
on our way out of town…” 
— Indigo Girls
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” 
– Casare Pavese
 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” 
– Mark Twain
 “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” 
– Bill Bryson

wrap her up.

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Sister E called me the other night. She’d just gotten off the phone with this (sorry, sister, but it’s true!) HORRID COW of a woman who went on to tell E:  “Hey, I saw some of your pictures on Facebook and hasn’t anyone told you that jackets are totally out now? You should dress better in your line of business.” 
Okay. . . .
In her wisdom, E called me, knowing that I would know if such a thing was the current trend. 
No jackets? Uhh, no. And weird. 
That’s like saying black is out or cashmere is out, I mean NO ONE wears cashmere or black anymore, right? 
Wrong!
In celebration of these fabulous outfit finishers (and to prove HORRID COW wrong), I decided to wear a jacket to work every day this week and send E a pic as proof of the fabulousness.

Tuesday, jacket #1
 Wednesday, jacket #2
Thursday, jacket #3

Friday, jacket #4

So there.

New Years Wish – wanderlust

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“Get out the map, get out the map
and lay your finger anywhere down,
We’ll leave the figuring to those we pass
on our way out of town…” 
— Indigo Girls
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” 
– Casare Pavese
 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” 
– Mark Twain
 “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” 
– Bill Bryson

New Years Wish – Healthful Living

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a strawberry affirmation
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Hold on. Put it down. Look how far you’ve come.
Look at your goals. 
Think of how great you’re going to feel once you hit those goals. 
Do you really want that? Do you NEED it? No. 
Don’t eat it, it’s not healthy. 
Go eat some fruit to replace that, you can do this. You are not a failure, you are strong and you can stick to your goals. 
Save that superpretty cupcake for later, when you really deserve it.
If you eat it now, you’ll just feel gross, unhealthy and discouraged after. 
Say no, it’s not good for you.
I love you more than that. 
xoxo

New Years Wish – Healthful Living

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a strawberry affirmation
(via: flickr)
Hold on. Put it down. Look how far you’ve come.
Look at your goals. 
Think of how great you’re going to feel once you hit those goals. 
Do you really want that? Do you NEED it? No. 
Don’t eat it, it’s not healthy. 
Go eat some fruit to replace that, you can do this. You are not a failure, you are strong and you can stick to your goals. 
Save that superpretty cupcake for later, when you really deserve it.
If you eat it now, you’ll just feel gross, unhealthy and discouraged after. 
Say no, it’s not good for you.
I love you more than that. 
xoxo

New Years Wish – Live Elegantly

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“My advice is to go ahead and wear an apron when you’re cooking dinner. Always send a handwritten thank you note on your personal stationary. Enjoy tea served from an actual tea pot. Dream. Dress up when you go out. Be polite. Believe in art and its incredible power to reach across ethnic and social boundaries to enhance our souls. Ditch the handhelds when you’re out. Listen to Mozart. Watch “It Happened One Night”. Live elegantly. And enjoy it while it lasts.”
–White Gloves & Party Manners

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New Years Wish – Live Elegantly

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“My advice is to go ahead and wear an apron when you’re cooking dinner. Always send a handwritten thank you note on your personal stationary. Enjoy tea served from an actual tea pot. Dream. Dress up when you go out. Be polite. Believe in art and its incredible power to reach across ethnic and social boundaries to enhance our souls. Ditch the handhelds when you’re out. Listen to Mozart. Watch “It Happened One Night”. Live elegantly. And enjoy it while it lasts.”
–White Gloves & Party Manners

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back to work

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As per normal, the longest holiday weekend felt much too short. Especially as I sit here, torn between cracking open a Diet Coke, and crawling under my desk for another few winks of sleep.
Playing this really loudly is helping.

My Christmas vacation was wonderful (despite the inconvenience of return to Real Life). Lots of family time, lots of completed projects, lots of Love and Fun and Food and even a nap or two–which is my true gauge of  how successful a long weekend is. 
And since I’m part of a skeleton crew at work, I plan on getting a lot done here, too. Which is one benefit of running out of vacation days at the end of the year.

Today is going to be great. I’m already planning a trip across the street (well, it’s actually an interstate freeway, but who’s counting?) to the mall a bit later, while catching up with work friends, and probably a very delicious lunch out somewhere. And maybe that Diet Coke if I’m very good? We’ll see.

back to work

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(via: tumblr)
As per normal, the longest holiday weekend felt much too short. Especially as I sit here, torn between cracking open a Diet Coke, and crawling under my desk for another few winks of sleep.
Playing this really loudly is helping.

My Christmas vacation was wonderful (despite the inconvenience of return to Real Life). Lots of family time, lots of completed projects, lots of Love and Fun and Food and even a nap or two–which is my true gauge of  how successful a long weekend is. 
And since I’m part of a skeleton crew at work, I plan on getting a lot done here, too. Which is one benefit of running out of vacation days at the end of the year.

Today is going to be great. I’m already planning a trip across the street (well, it’s actually an interstate freeway, but who’s counting?) to the mall a bit later, while catching up with work friends, and probably a very delicious lunch out somewhere. And maybe that Diet Coke if I’m very good? We’ll see.